terminology - Term for the second letter in Sx, Dx, Rx? - English ...
2016年3月18日 · It seems plausible that the medical convention of using 'x' as the second letter of an abbreviation (in, for example, Dx (diagnosis), Sx (symptom or surgery), Fx (family), Hx (history), and Tx (transplant or treatment)) comes from copying the convention of using Rx as an abbreviation of prescription.
Apostrophe s' or s's - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2019年11月28日 · On the use of so-called 'zero genitive', marked by a simple apostrophe in spelling ('), as opposed to the 's genitive, Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech and Svartvik specify in A Comprehensive grammar of the English Language (pp. 320 & 321) that:
How should "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year" be …
As others have mentioned, Christmas and New Year are proper nouns, and thus are capitalized. Generally the phrases "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year" are used in greetings, as headings, or in some other isolated way, and thus "Happy" and "Merry" are the first word of the sentence, and thus those words are capitalized.
Are "w/o", "w/", "b/c" common abbreviations in the US?
2013年5月30日 · Both "w/" and "w/o" were common, very informal, U.S. abbreviations in correspondence, and in tight spots on data tables, until recently.
"it seems" vs. "it seems that" - English Language & Usage Stack …
Is there a difference between using "it seems" and "it seems that" For example: "It seems that automatic restart is not happening now" "It seems automatic restar...
Which one is more appropriate to use: "send you" or "send to you"?
Both are semantically correct as they are. But compare. I'll send it to you. and. I'll send it you. The second sentence wouldn't make sense in formal writing, but is found to be understandable in northern England spoken usage.
Why is the "ph" pronounced like a "v" in "Stephen"? Is this the …
The source of Stephen is the Greek name Stephanos. This name was borrowed into English long enough ago that the intervocalic [f] sound was voiced to become [v].
Why is “bloody” considered offensive in the UK but not in the US?
Here’s the OED’s comment on the origins: The origin is not quite certain; but there is good reason to think that it was at first a reference to the habits of the ‘bloods’ or aristocratic rowdies of the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th c.
Why we say "an historical" but "a history" [duplicate]
Here are the final words of the relevant article in ‘The Cambridge Guide to English Usage’: Nowadays the silent h persists only in a handful of French loanwords (heir, honest, honour, hour and their derivatives), and these need to be preceded by an.
etymology - Why is "bloody hell" offensive or shocking? - English ...
2011年11月12日 · There are two ways of looking at it. One is that "bloody" is (or was) considered vulgar and appending "hell" - which is also a taboo subject - is a kind of intensifier.